Operational Procedure Procedure for re- tune the Vatican Radio RX Station s over the 60 Deg East Satellite ( IS 904) Date: 15 April 2013 Author: Guido Mancini Verified: Nicola Brizzi Approved: Antonino Lavafila Page 1 of 12
Document Status Sheet ISSUE DATE AUTHOR VERIFIED APPROVED REASON OF THE MODIFICATION 1 15/04/13 G. Mancini N. Brizzi A. Lavafila FIRST EDITION Distribution List COMPANY NAME NR. OF COPIES Vatican Radio Ing. Mercurio 1 Vatican Radio Dott. Costanzo 1 Telespazio Sala TLC 1 Telespazio A. Asci 1 Page 2 of 12
SUMMARY 1. INTRODUCTION... 4 2. COVERAGE AREAS... 4 3. CARRIERS CHARACTERISTICS... 5 4. PROCEDURE FOR THE FREQUENCY RETUNE... 7 5. CONTACT POINTS... 12 Page 3 of 12
1. Introduction Vatican Radio transmits its services via the Intelsat 904 @ 60.0 E ( Indian Region). The services transmitted are two radio carriers each of one containing the IOR 1, 2 and 3 channels. The two carriers are transmitted now in dual feed on xpr s 86 and 87. The dual feed will be kept for about 2 months, the time necessary for the rx station to retune their receiver on the xpr 87. After that period, the service via xpr 86 will be discontinued and only the 87 will be active. In case a re-pointing of the antenna was necessary, a simple program issued by Intelsat is provided along with the present procedure ( AZEL PC) by Telespazio to help in the calculation of the pointing data,. It can be downloaded from the Telespazio s Web Site at the location: http://www.telespazio.com/radiovat.html. 2. Coverage Areas The coverage areas of the satellite is depicted in the following pictures: Fig. 1 Intelsat 904 @ 60 E Page 4 of 12
3. Carriers Characteristics In the following table the parameters of the transmitted carriers are listed, as well as the RX antenna details: TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF VATICAN RADIO SATELLITE BROADCAST Satellite Position 60 E Used Band C-Band ( 6/4 Ghz ) Satellite Coverage Global Beam Transponder 86/86 GB/GB Carrier Frequency 6328.350/4103.350 MHz ( channels I.1 I.2) 6328.650/4103.650 MHz ( channel I.3) Polarization RX LHCP ( left hand polarity) Carrier Modulation BPSK, ( ½ FEC) Audio Signal Coding ISO/MPEG-2, 128 Kbps ( channels I.1 I.2) 64 Kbps ( channel I.3) RX Antenna Size > 2.4 m FEED C-Band Circular Polarization LNB NorSat or ComStream PLL-LNB LNB Interface WR-229 Output Frequency LNB 1046.650 MHz ( channel I.1 I.2) 1046.350 MHz ( channel I.3) Receiver ComStream ABR 200/202 Decoder Sequential 1/2 Eb/N0 Nominal > 7 db Audio Channel I.1, I.2 I.3 Transponder 86 is the present one. All the RX stations as to move at the new frequencies on Transponder 87, according to the following new table: TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF VATICAN RADIO SATELLITE BROADCAST Satellite Position 60 E Used Band C-Band ( 6/4 Ghz ) Satellite Coverage Global Beam Transponder 87/87 GB/GB Carrier Frequency 6375.350/4150.350 MHz ( channels I.1 I.2) 6375.650/4150.650 MHz ( channel I.3) Polarization RX LHCP ( left hand polarity) Carrier Modulation BPSK, ( ½ FEC) Audio Signal Coding ISO/MPEG-2, 128 Kbps ( channels I.1 I.2) 64 Kbps ( channel I.3) RX Antenna Size > 2.4 m Page 5 of 12
FEED C-Band Circular Polarization LNB NorSat or ComStream PLL-LNB LNB Interface WR-229 Output Frequency LNB 999.650 MHz ( channel I.1 I.2) 999.350 MHz ( channel I.3) Receiver ComStream ABR 200/202 Decoder Sequential 1/2 Eb/N0 Nominal > 7 db Audio Channel I.1, I.2 I.3 In red the variations with respect to the previous table. Tools and Equipment required In order to accomplish the correct frequency retune, it s necessary that the personnel on site is equipped with the following instrumentation: Spectrum Analyzer L Band ( 950 1950 MHz) Coax Cable, 5 m long terminated with an F connector on one end and a spectrum analyzer compatible connector on the other end PC with a serial port RS232 available and a emulation terminal program such as Hyper Terminal One RF splitter, one input 2 output Page 6 of 12
4. Procedure for the frequency retune Before starting the frequency retune, verify the presence of the carriers on the new xpr (87). A plot of the carriers is depicted in figures 2 and 3. Fig. 2 Spectrum Plot at 2 Mhz Span Page 7 of 12
Fig. 3 Spectrum Plot at 20 Mhz Span The operator can display the carriers on the new xpr using the Spectrum with the following setting: Center Frequency Span Attenuation Amplitude Reference level Scale Division RBW VBW Sweep Time 999.35 MHz 2 MHz 10 db -60 dbm 1 db/div 30 KHz 3 KHz 2 Sec For ABR200 receiver, connect the spectrum analyzer RF IN to the ABR 200 RF OUT connector. For ABR202, connect the spectrum RF IN to the one of the two output of an RF splitter and the receiver to the other one. Page 8 of 12
To change the frequency on the receiver, connect the serial port of a PC to the M&C port of the receiver. Set the communication port of the PC using the Hyper Terminal Program as follow: Speed 2400 Data bit 7 Parity odd Bit Stop 1 Flow Control xon/xoff It is suggested to save this configuration to a file in order to have it available in case of its use for test and check purpose. Note: all the commands to the receiver has to be entered in capital letters and confirmed by enter key Press enter : the receiver should answer requesting to log in with the following prompt: LOGIN v X,XX Enter the string HOMEYD to log in. The configuration of the receiver has to be maintained essentially the same, we have only to change the receiving frequency. For the tuning of the receiver, enter the following commands: CC 2,4150350,256000,0 <ENTER> CC 4,4150650,128000,0 <ENTER> (FOR INDIAN REGION CH A.1 A.2) (FOR INDIAN REGION CH A.3) All the other parameters will remain unchanged. For a check of the configuration just done, enter the following commands: CC? <ENTER> For the verification of the frequency and bit rate. The receiver will show: CC 2, 4150350,256000,0 <ENTER> or/and CC 4, 4150650,128000,0 <ENTER> (FOR INDIAN REGION CH A.1 A.2) (FOR INDIAN REGION CH A.3) Enter FD? <ENTER> Page 9 of 12
For the verification of the format The receiver will show: FD 2,2,2,7 or/and FD 4,2,4,7 (FOR INDIAN REGION CH A.1 A.2) (FOR INDIAN REGION CH A.3) Enter FS? <ENTER> For the verification of the selected format. The receiver will show: FS 2 or FS 4 (FOR INDIAN REGION CH A.1 A.2) (FOR INDIAN REGION CH A.3) Enter now the command FS x Where x is 2 or 4 according to the carrier we want to receive ( 2 for IOR1&2 and 4 for IOR3) If any of the parameters differs from the values listed above, enter the correct one typing the correct command from the following list: Indian Region Channel I1 I2 CC 1, 4150350,256000,0 <ENTER> FD 2,2,2,7<ENTER> B3 2000<ENTER> FS 2<ENTER> AQ 2<ENTER> Indian Region Channel I3 CC 3, 4150650,128000,0 <ENTER> FD 4,2,4,7<ENTER> B3 2000<ENTER> FS 4<ENTER> AQ 2<ENTER> Completed the reconfiguration of the receiver, switch it off and then on. Now it is ready to operate. Page 10 of 12
To verify the operation of the receiver, enter the following commands: CF 0 <ENTER> to clear all the faults EB?<ENTER> to show the Eb/N0 Value. This should be > 7db ST?<ENTER> to check the faults of the receiver. The answer should be ST 0 ( no faults) DP? <ENTER> to request a summary output of all command parameters that are single valued. The receiver will respond with the following list: AG101 DE1 LC0 Q1 3.5 AI 0 DQ128000 LO34295 RB57 AL 1 DX 0 LR 0 RF4150350 ( for IOR.1&2) AO 0 EB 7.0 LT 1 SI 1111111 AP 15 EE 1 MU 0 SL 0 AQ 0 EM 4.1 MO 3.0 SR 3749707775 AS 0 EN 0 MI 3.1 SS 0 AT 0 ET 3.5 NF 0 ST 0 B1 38 EX 5.0 OM 1 S1 0 B2 38 FL 0 PA 31 S2 0 B3 2000 FS 1 PO 0 S3 1 CE 63 F1 0 P1 2400,O,7,1 TB 0 CO XXXXXXXX F2 0 P2 2400,O,7,1 X1 0 CQ 00000000 HM 0 P3 2400,O,7,1 X2 0 CS 00000000 ID 11549 Q0 3.0 X3 0 The most important parameters are in bold and underlined. Page 11 of 12
5. Contact Points In case of problems, the local operators can require telephonic support to our shift in the Telecommunication center at the following numbers: Telephone +39-0863-550233/231 Fax +39-0863-550232 e-mail Intelsat.fucino@telespazio.com Page 12 of 12